An asset used in a four-year project falls in the five-year MACRS class for tax purposes. The asset has an acquisition cost of $
6,170,000 and will be sold for $1,370,000 at the end of the project. If the tax rate is 30 percent, what is the aftertax salvage value of the asset?
1 answer:
Answer:
After tax salvage value $1,278,852.8
Explanation:
MARCS five years class:
after four years we will have depreicate:
0.2 + 0.32 + 0.192 + 0.1152 = 0,8272
(Data from the attached MACRS)
tax basis of the asset:
6,170,000 x ( 1 - 0.8272) = 1.066.176
We will be taxed for the difference between the basis and the salvage value:
1,370,000 - 1,066,176 = 303,824 taxable gain:
303,824 x 30% = 91,147.2
After tax salvage value:
salvage valeu - income tax expense
1,370,000 - 91,147.2 = 1,278,852.8
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